Dan White

Dan White is the newest member of our sales team and he comes with an impeccable background in interior design. He spent 12 years in manufacturing and design for the commercial office furniture industry and then 13 years in residential design. He has a keen strength in functional design as well as the ability to bring together creative elements. More recently, he’s grown an interest in incorporating the latest technologies into design and space. Dan’s keen attention to detail, thoughtfulness and follow through are invaluable to our team!

Harlin Robeson - Sales

Harlin Robeson

Harlin Robeson possesses a casual, informative and empathetic style which serves his clients well. His satisfaction comes from guiding them through and simplifying the design process, which can be daunting for the uninitiated. Clients enjoy working with Harlin and trust his judgment in helping them make design decisions. Here at Santa Fe By Design, he specializes in product specification, general sales and project quoting. He is a creative design professional who credits his mom for his love of interior design.

Julie Bennett - Sales

Julie Bennett

Julie Bennett is an industry guru bringing to our team over 32 years of experience in the building industry as a builder, project manager and designer. She has a knack for using her varied and expansive knowledge to best serve our customers. She constantly applies creativity, intuition, and product knowledge to service our customers’ expressed, and sometimes unexpressed needs. Julie’s understanding of applications and installation processes allows her the ability to spec the right products for clients and to troubleshoot and avoid potential problems.

Kathy Fennema, Sales + Co-Owner

Kathy Fennema

Kathy Fennema has over 18 years in the decorative plumbing and hardware industry. Her knowledge and expertise is well earned but what her clients appreciate is her design sense. She is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) at Cal State Northridge. Kathy will typically begin her client sessions with curious conversation quizzing them on their vision for their new home. To her it’s more than elevations and floor plans. It’s gaining a sense of what people really want to fulfill the dreams they may have been carrying around in their heads, perhaps for many years. Only then can she begin to present them with specific products and merchandise to begin to puzzle it all together. Kathy’s first goal is to have well informed clients. What follows from there are happy and satisfied new home owners. Kathy is co-owner and vice-president of Santa Fe by Design.

Taos

Trip Ideas Vacations with Family in Taos

Travelers come here for the fine art and the raw, untouched beauty of the landscape. Some come for the climate and the scenery. For others, it’s the culture and atmosphere. Drawn by clean air and great views, they come to experience rich spiritual traditions. They come to Taos for creative insspiration and for the abundant outdoor redreation. Find your own re-creation here.

You’ll find vacation specials to help you find the perfect place to spend time with family and friends. Day trip recommendations will make planning your vacation a snap. And because art is always in season in Taos, you can find a variety of classes and workshops for every interest, all season long. After the hustle and bustle of the holidays, relax and rejuvinate and let Taos restore your spirit.

The Center of an Ancient World

Today the massive buildings of the ancestral Pueblo peoples still testify to the organizational and engineering abilities not seen anywhere else in the American Southwest. For a deeper contact with the canyon that was central to thousands of people between 850 and 1250 A.D., come and explore Chaco through guided tours, hiking & biking trails, evening campfire talks, and night sky programs.

Winter and Summer Fun!

A trip on the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway transports you above deep canyons and breathtaking terrain a distance of 2.7 miles. See some of nature’s more dramatic beauty unfold before you. At sunset the desert skies produce a spectacular array of color, and your vantage point from the observation deck atop 10,378 foot Sandia Peak in the Cibola National Forest affords an 11,000 square-mile panoramic view of the Rio Grande Valley and the Land of Enchantment. Located on the eastern edge of Albuquerque in the Sandia Foothills at the end of Tramway Road.

The scenery steals the show on the Sandia Peak Tramway. The Tram, as it is affectionately known, has taken more than 10 million passengers to the top of Sandia Peak and back again, and celebrates its 48th anniversary in May. Located on the eastern edge of Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, the Tram is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Central New Mexico.

New Mexico History Museum

The New Mexico History Museum and the Palace of the Governors National Historic Landmark are distinctive emblems of our nation’s history. We present exhibitions and public programs that interpret historical events and reflect on the wide range of New Mexico historical experiences. The museum actively acquires and holds in perpetuity collections relating to the heritage of New Mexico and the Southwest. It serves as a history center for research, education, and lifelong learning, delivering quality programs that encourage knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of New Mexico’s diverse cultures.

An Open Book of Human History

Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of rugged but beautiful canyon and mesa country as well as evidence of a human presence here going back over 11,000 years. Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and standing masonry walls pay tribute to the early days of a culture that still survives in the surrounding communities.

The Billy the Kid Trail

Billy The Kid Museum is located in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, on Highway 60-84, 2 miles east of downtown. It is one of the most complete museums in the Southwest and features relics of the historic past of one of Billy the Kid’s favorite haunts. Scores of items are one of a kind and are not seen elsewhere. The museum appeals to old and young alike.

Billy the Kid was a frequent visitor in Fort Sumner where the 21 year old outlaw was shot to death in 1881 by Lincoln County Sheriff, Pat Garrett. The Kid used William H. Bonney as his name even though he was born Henry McCarty. He also use the name Henry Antrium, taking the name of his stepfather. It’s all blurred in the mists of myth that leaves the name ‘Billy the Kid’ indelibly imprinted in folklore.

One item in the museum is a rifle that belonged to Billy the Kid, along with the documentation. Other interesting things are the door Billy backed through the night he was slain and two curtains that came out of Pete Maxwell’s bedroom where Billy was shot. There is a large rock he carved his name on. Also, on display you will see the chaps and spurs Billy liked to wear to the dances. Billy was a very good dancer and singer and was much admired by the young ladies.

The museum’s collection included antique cars, wagons, and buggies along with a horse drawn hearse and memorabilia from the once Fort Sumner military fort. Some of the most interesting items are an army blanket, cash box, and spurs that belonged to General Edwin Vose Sumner, the Civil War General for whom the fort was named in this eastern New Mexico town. There is a letter from his daughter giving the items to the museum.

Billy The Kid is known the world over and has great appeal as an outlaw legend. Visitors have come from every state and 50 or more foreign countries.

There is a large souvenir and gift shop in the front entrance to the museum where visitors may purchase items for the entire family. There is ample free parking around the museum.

America’s most authentic steam-operated railroad, the Cumbres & Toltec, is a proud remnant of the spirit that won the West. In recognition for its place in our national history it was awarded National Historic Landmark Designation in 2012. 2013 marked the first year the C&TSRR operated under this prestigious designation.

Built in 1880, the track between Antonito and Chama was part of the San Juan Extension of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, with tracks running from Denver through the ore-rich Rocky Mountains into Silverton, Colorado. Its path through steep passes and deep gorges is the stuff of adventure novels and was an engineering feat for the time. The decline of silver mining in the 1890s ended the railroad’s vital role.

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad filed for abandoment in 1969, but the most scenic part of its route, its equipment, and its buildings were saved by the states of Colorado and New Mexico in 1970.

Today the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad fulfills another important mission – taking passengers on the ride of a lifetime, connecting Colorado and New Mexico, the Mountains of the San Juans to the Conejos Valley, and allowing us to see where the deer and the antelope play.

Museum History

The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, opened to the public in July 1997, eleven years after the death of the artist from whom it takes its name. Welcoming visitors from all over the world, it is the only museum in the United States dedicated to an internationally-known woman artist.

One of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was devoted to creating imagery that expressed what she called “the wideness and wonder of the world as I live in it.” She was a leading member of the Stieglitz Circle artists, headed by Alfred Stieglitz, America’s first advocate of modern art in America. These avant-garde artists began to flourish in New York in the 1910s. O’Keeffe’s images—instantly recognizable as her own —include abstractions, large-scale depictions of flowers, leaves, rocks, shells, bones and other natural forms, New York cityscapes and paintings of the unusual shapes and colors of architectural and landscape forms of northern New Mexico.

The Museum’s collection of over 3,000 works comprises 1,149 O’Keeffe paintings, drawings, and sculptures that date from 1901 to 1984, the year failing eyesight forced O’Keeffe into retirement. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum is the largest single repository of O’Keeffe’s work in the world. Throughout the year, visitors can see a changing selection of these works. In addition, the Museum presents special exhibitions that are either devoted entirely to O’Keeffe’s work or combine examples of her art with works by her American modernist contemporaries. The Museum also organizes exhibitions of works by her contemporaries, as well as by living artists of distinction. Over 140 artists other than O’Keeffe have been exhibited at the Museum, such as Arthur Dove, Sherrie Levine, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol.

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

For nine days in October, the New Mexico skies are painted as hundreds of balloons lift off from Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park. Nothing rivals the power of Mass Ascension on crisp early mornings as these graceful giants leave the ground to take their place in the cerulean desert sky. For ballooning fans worldwide, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a pilgrimage. There’s something for everyone to enjoy . . . whimsical special shapes filled with equal parts of hot air and wonder, and Balloon Glows that create a magical night landscape for spectators to wander. No matter who you are, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta will leave you awestruck and wanting more.

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a world-renowned attraction and destination for kids of all ages. For more than three decades, the first week in October brings the smell of roasting chiles and the beautiful, magical moving picture show of hot air balloons sailing silently through the crisp fall air.

Guests from all over the world come to Albuquerque to celebrate ballooning. Literally hundreds of balloons will be taking flight from the Balloon Fiesta Park this year.

Bob Schwarz

Bob Schwarz has been involved with decorative plumbing and door hardware since 1992 and with Santa Fe by Design since 2002. Before that Bob was in the “hands-on” construction trade in Santa Fe for 15 years and was involved in all facets of the residential building process.

He is generally considered the most experienced member of the staff and is often deferred to for technical information and problem solving.

Bob’s approach to selling is often described as a teaching process, advising and informing clients of their options so they can make their best informed decisions. He especially loves the enthusiasm, excitement and joy that clients have over the prospects and possibilities for their new or remodeled home. As Bob often tells the patrons to Santa Fe by Design, “you may think our showroom is filled with faucets and fixtures but, in fact, it is filled with fashion and design. We only have to discover what’s right for you and your home”.

Bob is co-owner and president of Santa Fe by Design.

White Sands National Monument

Like No Place Else on Earth

Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world’s great natural wonders – the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world’s largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of this unique dunefield, along with the plants and animals that live here.

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